Power outage history
Sutter County California
4.6hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
39th most of 56 in California 30% below the national median
Every day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Sutter's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2024 was the worst well-recorded year, at 9.6 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Sutter, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2024 | Windstorm | 22,015 | 52% | 3.1 d | 26 h | 296k |
| Aug 17, 2020 | Wildfire | 16,528 | 39% | 11 h | 10 h | 159k |
| Dec 31, 2022 | Windstorm | 5,020 | 12% | 48 h | 2.8 h | 79k |
| Jan 26, 2021 | No storm report | 4,418 | 10% | 2.0 d | 45 h | 72k |
| Jan 8, 2023 | Windstorm | 3,997 | 9% | 41 h | 30 h | 68k |
| Dec 25, 2025 | Windstorm | 1,988 | 5% | 15 h | – | 20k |
| Feb 24, 2023 | No storm report | 2,835 | 7% | 6.8 h | 2.8 h | 18k |
| Apr 8, 2021 | No storm report | 4,986 | 12% | 11 h | 4.2 h | 15k |
| Nov 26, 2022 | No storm report | 3,273 | 8% | 4.5 h | 5.0 h | 13k |
| Oct 24, 2021 | No storm report | 3,075 | 7% | 9.8 h | 48 min | 12k |
| Oct 11, 2021 | Windstorm | 1,623 | 4% | 14 h | – | 11k |
| Nov 26, 2019 | No storm report | 3,868 | 9% | 10 h | 8.8 h | 10k |
| Feb 12, 2023 | No storm report | 1,744 | 4% | 6.8 h | – | 8.8k |
| May 8, 2021 | No storm report | 3,211 | 8% | 3.0 h | 1.8 h | 7.4k |
| Jan 4, 2023 | Windstorm | 661 | 2% | 13 h | – | 6.3k |
| Dec 15, 2019 | No storm report | 1,726 | 4% | 3.8 h | – | 6.2k |
| Nov 26, 2023 | Winter storm | 1,848 | 4% | 3.2 h | – | 6.0k |
| Jul 15, 2023 | No storm report | 1,571 | 4% | 4.0 h | – | 6.0k |
| May 29, 2025 | No storm report | 2,829 | 7% | 2.0 h | 48 min | 5.6k |
| Dec 13, 2023 | No storm report | 1,837 | 4% | 3.5 h | – | 5.2k |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Windstorm | 2,765 | 7% | 2.8 h | 2.0 h | 4.8k |
| Nov 21, 2024 | No storm report | 2,143 | 5% | 3.8 h | 3.5 h | 4.8k |
| Mar 1, 2023 | No storm report | 2,833 | 7% | 2.5 h | 8.5 h | 4.7k |
| Sep 27, 2019 | No storm report | 1,811 | 4% | 3.2 h | – | 4.6k |
| Mar 31, 2025 | No storm report | 1,688 | 4% | 3.2 h | – | 4.6k |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Winter storm | 2,476 | 6% | 2.0 h | 2.0 h | 4.3k |
| Mar 31, 2023 | No storm report | 796 | 2% | 5.2 h | – | 4.2k |
| Dec 14, 2024 | Windstorm | 2,286 | 5% | 3.8 h | 4.0 h | 4.0k |
| Aug 10, 2023 | No storm report | 2,414 | 6% | 3.5 h | 6.0 h | 4.0k |
| Dec 17, 2020 | No storm report | 7,598 | 18% | 30 min | 12 min | 3.7k |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Sutter from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Windstorm 47%
- No storm on record 35%
- Wildfire 16%
- Winter storm 1.0%
- Heat 0.6%
- Flooding 0.5%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Sutter
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole California territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | Investor Owned | 273 | 208 | 1.63 | 37.5 | 5.1M |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | Federal | – | – | – | – | – |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 42,323 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →